GDUS Gender, Diversity and Urban Sustainability 23.07.2012 1

GDUS Gender, Diversity and Urban Sustainability 23.07.2012 1

What is GDUS? GDUS is an informal network of scholars and practitioners in urban planning. Its aim is to bring together work carried out relating to gender and diversity issues to urban studies and planning theory. GDUS represents different disciplines such as spatial planning, urban design, environmental psychology, landscape planning and social policy within the field of sustainable spatial development. Each member brings in experience of either research or practice in a gender aware approach. The network operates through a virtual community hosted by Maison des Sciences de l Homme Tours (Fr) and a homepage http://www.rali.boku.ac.at/rali.html. 23.07.2012 2

Objectives of the Network (UNRA 2010) to organise expertise across EU-member states and explain implications for practice and policies regarding gender-aware planning; to create an inventory of good practices; to recommend best practices that support sustainable urban development; to experiment with innovative methods of knowledge exchange with practitioners, policymakers and citizens groups; to develop new evaluation tools for urban policies that take account of gender; to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of policies; 3

Objectives of the Network to draw recommendations for different stakeholders, planning systems and scales; to disseminate GDUS results across the member states; to develop knowledge that will advance spatial planning theory and practice. 23.07.2012 4

Activities of the GDUS-Network April 2012 International Conference Theorizing and Practicing Gender-Sensitive Planning, Hanover, Germany 2011 EURA Conference, Kopenhagen 2011 3 rd seminar at Leibniz University, Hanover, Germany September 2010 Participation at the Symposium Masculin/Féminin : questions pour la géographie, Bordeaux July 2010 Participation at 24th AESOP Conference - Space is Luxury, Helsinki 23.07.2012 5

Activities of the GDUS-Network May 2010 Participation at REAL CORP 2010 - Liveable, healthy, prosperous cities for everyone Promising vision or unrealistic fantasy, Vienna September 2009 2 nd seminar, European Seminar on Gender awareness and Diversity for Urban Sustainability at BOKU-Vienna June 2009 2 panels on Gendered cities. Gender mainstreaming in urban and regional planning at the international congress City futures in a globalising world, Madrid 23.07.2012 6

Activities of the GDUS-Network November 2008 1 st seminar at Tours, start of the virtual office July 2008 Workshop at MMWW08 Mundos de mujeres / Women s Worlds congress, Madrid December 2007 Expert meeting in Brussels at the world congress Dynamic cities need women September 2007 Expert Meeting Gender, diversity, urbanism, TU Delft, NL, start of network (?) 2003 Meeting in Neaples 2000, 2002 Seminar in Madrid with Genero Urban Network 23.07.2012 7

Activities of the GDUS-Network (Book) Book Fair shared Cities Editor Prof. Inés Sanchez de Madariaga, Prof. Marion Roberts (Proposal Madrid 2009) planned release Autumn 2012 23.07.2012 8

Activities of the GDUS-Network (Research projects) 2007 Gender and Urban Sustainability (GUS) Science in Society (Sylvette Denéfle), 7 th Framework Programme 2008 The Relevance of Gender and Diversity Approaches in the Technical and Sociological Planning Disciplines ESF Exploratory Workshops (Doris) 2008 URBAN-NET (Sylvette, Lidewij, Chris) 23.07.2012 9

Activities of the GDUS-Network (Teaching, Research Exchange) Guest professor ship, visiting scientists 2009/2010 Lidewij Tummers (Hanover), Brigitte Wotha (Vienna) 2010/2011 Eva Alvarez (Hanover) 2011 Doris Damyanovic (Hanover) 2011/2012 Lidewij Tummers (Tours) 2012 Blanca Valdivia (Vienna), Heidrun Wankiewicz 23.07.2012 10

Activities of the GDUS-Network (Teaching, Research Exchange, Exhibition) 2010/2011 Seminar and exhibition A Different Way to Practise? Deutsche (Landschafts-)Architektinnen im internationalen Vergleich A Transdisciplinary Project ( Lidewij T., Johanna Niescken) 2011 Hanover exhibition On Stage! (Barbara Z., Eva A.), Excursion to Barcelona and Valenica (Barbara Z., Doris D., Zaida M., Collectiu 6, Eva A. 2012 Valencia exhibition On Stage! (Barbara Z., Eva A.), Master Seminar Urban Planning (Barbara Z., Eva A., Doris D. ), 2013 Vienna exhibition On Stage! (intended) 23.07.2012 11

Results from Vienna 2009 (Doris) Knowledge exchange on gender awareness and diversity for urban sustainability Exchange and comparison of theoretical and methodical concepts in research and practice Discussion of the case study Nordwestbahnhof Excursion to case studies Fair shared city- Mariahilf, Girls Parks 23.07.2012 12

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Results from Hanover March 2011 (Brigitte) Networking with gender_archland board members should be strengthened Visibility of GDUS has to be improved (update of the GDUS webpage) Preparation of the international conference in Hanover Exchange about on-going projects of the members of GDUS Funding possibilities were discussed 23.07.2012 14